During the 2020-22 period, amid the pandemic, the number of deaths reported in the country reached roughly 169,000, compared to only some 113,000 births
The looming threat of a depleting population is nothing new. Experts across Europe have spent decades monitoring the trend and warning about the consequences of consistently low birth rates and an aging population. However, although the EU has acknowledged the problem, it would seem to have consigned the demographic issue to the backburner. Until now, […]